It is obvious now the cheers that erupted when Vancouver’s longest running tent city was dismantled were wildly premature. Fearing a COVID-19 outbreak would take hold in the overcrowded inner-city camp, the provincial government in April acquired emergency housing in hotels for homeless people living there and cleared the site.
Strathcona residents are largely sympathetic to homeless people, but are understandably unhappy about losing a large chunk of park space. They fear the same violence and social disorder that cropped up at Oppenheimer is inevitable; there has already been a small fire and there appears to be a bike chop shop on site. There are cries for the city to sanction a permanent tent city location – elsewhere, of course.
The sorry truth is, even with the addition of 600 units of temporary modular housing and, more recently, the purchase of three downtown hotels, there are still more homeless people than homes. Successions of governments at all levels have allowed this crisis to grow. They’ve failed to build enough social housing. Failed to provide adequate mental health services. Failed to fund enough drug rehabilitation programs for those who want to quit and provide a safe drug supply for those who can’t.
We just don't care about low-status people. Their life expectancy is much lower, about 65.5. There are worthy and unworthy. For some reason we turn on crocodile tears for dementia patients, who are worthy, and ignore younger people with mental illness.
When you incentivize poverty, you’ll end up with more of it.
All the billions made available during covid-19 tells us the housing crisis shouldn't exist. The ability to solve it was always there. Just not the will.
The Globull and Mail is trash and stirring the pot again.
Squatters should pay some form of property tax.
In the US cheap meth and fentanyl are causing a homeless crisis much like this and decriminalization has made it much worse. Learn from their experience. Avoid making the same mistakes they have.
Hmmm.... crisis -“Made in China” brought to you by Canadian laundromat....most effective in the world. In order to operate please enter $ bills with Canadian Tax Logo under. They enjoy we pay the Tax.....
Severely restrict foreign ownership of housing and this all goes away.
Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. Steps to live better and bolder life If you feel like you’re ready to make some changes to live a bigger, bolder life.
When you sell out your city and country to real-estate tycoons who sell millions of still empty condos to foreign investors, drive up property costs to unreachable prices for your actual citizens. Twenty years in the making. Toronto and Halifax next?
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